Improved washing-machine



A denied tatra @anni dtiljiirr.

DANIEL sMALLWooD, or MIDDLETOWN. oHIo.

Letters .Patent No. 94,250, datcrlAugust 31, 1869.

mnovnn WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schete referred to in 'dies-e Letters Patent and making prt of the same.

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that I, DANmL SMALbwoOmof Middletown, in Butler county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Washing-Machines; and I' do hereby declare vthat the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of ref- The body of the machine consists of two sides, A B,

supported upon four legs, and connected together by the end and bottom boards a a, which form an inverted broken arch. These parts constitute the tub or receptacle in which the clothes are placed to be washedl The handle C is secured upon the upper ends of the levers D D, which extend downward, and branch vont in curved arms E Each pair of arms is connected by the tie F, which is provided with suitableV boxes, to receive the short journal, which is also supported in boxes in the two sides A B.

The lower 4ends of the arms E E are connected by the slats G, represented in dotted lines in iig. 2.

The swinging gate H is pivoted centrally between the two sides A B, and is made with the corrugated roller I and rounds 'i fi, as seen in figal.-

The beaters are weighted with lead, secured upon the upper slat s of the same.`

At one end of the tub there is hinged the corrugated washing-board, which is capable of adjustment, to serve the double function of a wash-board and an end-piece of the tub, as represented at x, g.,2.

The swinging gate H is capable of moving, by the action of the beaters, six inches, or three inches either way from the central line in which itjis suspended. Its movement, however, is in the are of a circle along the corrugated bottom oi' the tub.

The linings of the tub, denoted by the curved lines o o, serve also as stops, to determine the extent .of the movement of the swinging gate as well as of the beat-v ers.

. The corrugated roller I serves to assist the gate H in causing the clothes to be continuously rolled over as the beaters press upon them, or strike them in their downward motion.

After a suds-water is placed in the machine, sufficient to fill the tub to the line of its gate-pivots u, a suitable quantity of clothes will be placed between the beaters at lthe end of the curved arms EE and the gate H, and then the attendant will commence the operation of washing, by grasping the handle C and' swinging the levers D, and consequently the arms E E and beaters consisting of the slats G.

.The beaters will act upon the clothes, pressing and beating them against the pivoted swinging gate H, which will ef'ectually cleanse the clothes in a superior `manner, \vithont wearing or tearing them, as is often done by` washing with machinery.

The beater-frames being suspended upon two short axles or journals, the central portion of the tub is nn' obstructed by a continuous axle, and thus space is vafforded for conveniently supplying and removing the clothes to be washed. i

Having fully described my improvements in washing-machines, 4 Y

What I claim as my improvement, is-

The gate H, pivoted to swing with the corrugated` roller I, in combination with beaters G and other d'evices in a washing-machine, as constructed and shown. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this Slth'day of April, 1869.

DANIEL .SMALLWOOD NVitnesses H. P. K. Pneu, A.'L..Pncn. 

